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SHANG EARLY CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES FROM THE DANIEL SHAPIRO COLLECTION | Daniel Shapiro 珍藏高古青銅禮器

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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU 晚商 青銅獸面紋貫耳壺
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC

The pear-shaped body of oval section is well cast on each side in a band with two large taotie 壺橢圓口，貫耳，橢圓腹垂鼓，圈足。頸飾一圈弦紋，肩前後
masks formed by two crested dragons confronted on a narrow flange, each with a rounded eye, 各飾一獸面紋，每面有一短脊置中，左右各設乳釘成獸目，
backswept crest and an angular, curled tail raised above a small bird shown in profile facing 飾顧首龍紋，弓身折尾，兩側靠耳處飾鳥紋，貫耳飾羊角獸面
one of the two lug handles cast as the head of a fantastic beast with ram's horns, all below a 紋。高圈足微侈，飾一圈四道長尾鳳紋，短脊分居四面。青、
bowstring band. Four further pairs of birds encircle the tall, spreading, hollow foot, each pair 赤、灰色銅鏽層次豐富，包漿古穆。
facing a narrow flange, all below four quadrangular openings. The vessel has a mottled green,
cuprite red and grey patina.
13æ in. (35 cm.) high
$200,000-300,000

PROVENANCE: 來源:
Acquired in Macao in 1985. 於1985年購於澳門。
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2003. 藍理捷, 紐約, 2003年。
The collection of Daniel Shapiro, New York. Daniel Shapiro 珍藏, 紐約。

EXHIBITED: 展覽:
New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Bronze and Gold in Ancient China, 24 March - 12 April 2003, no. 4. 紐約, 藍理捷, Bronze and Gold in Ancient China, 2003年3月
New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of Daniel Shapiro, 24日-4月12日, 編號 4號。
14 March - 5 April 2014, no. 5. 紐約, 藍理捷, Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of
Daniel Shapiro, 2014年3月14日-4月5日, 編號 5號。
LITERATURE:
J. J. Lally & Co., Bronze and Gold in Ancient China, New York, 2003, no. 4. 出版:
D. Shapiro, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, A Personal Appreciation, London, 2013, pp. 58-61 and 131. 藍理捷, Bronze and Gold in Ancient China, 紐約, 2003年,
J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of Daniel Shapiro, New York, 2014, 編號 4號。
no. 5. D. Shapiro, Ancient Chinese Bronzes: A Personal Appreciation,
倫敦, 2013年, 頁 58-61 及 131。
藍理捷, Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of Daniel
Shapiro, 紐約, 2014年, 編號 5號。
The lug handles found on this hu and others like it suggest that they originally would
have had a cover of some kind, which would have been fastened to the vessel by a cord.
The present hu, its decoration confined to the shoulder and foot of the otherwise plain body,
is representative of hu of late Shang-dynasty date. A similar hu of comparable size (35.3 cm.
high), dated to the middle Anyang period, is illustrated in Ritual Bronzes in the National Palace
Museum Collection, Taipei, 1998, pp. 372-75, no. 62. See, also, the similar hu that includes
small birds positioned below the tails of the dragons in the main band and a band of birds on
the foot sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 206.

(ink rubbing of handle)

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